The education of Augie Merasty: a residential school memoir

"This memoir offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school. Now a retired fisherman and trapper, the author was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools,...

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Hauptverfasser: Merasty, Joseph Auguste (VerfasserIn), Carpenter, David 1941- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Regina, Saskatchewan University of Regina Press [2017]
Ausgabe:New edition
Schriftenreihe:The Regina collection
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Zusammenfassung:"This memoir offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school. Now a retired fisherman and trapper, the author was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of "aggressive assimilation." As Augie Merasty recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse. But, even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through. This new edition includes a Learning Guide that deepens our understanding of the residential school experience, making it ideal for classroom and book club use. It also features a new postscript describing how the publication of this memoir changed Augie Merasty's life."--
Beschreibung:xxxvii, 96 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte 18 cm
ISBN:9780889774575

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